Tristan805
XS650 Member
so! got myself a 1975 xs650
love this thing it looks amazing. wish i could say i did the work myself but i actually found it this way.
anyways, i got a problem! things happened in this exact order.
1. got bike
2. clutch was super stiff so decided to re-rout the clutch cable so that it had more slack.
3. left the key on and battery died.
so i decided, great, change battery and fix clutch cable at the same time,
added a trickle battery charger for the antigravity battery that it has, re-routed clutch cable.
heres where the problems started.
now, when i turn the key a poping sound happens the first time, sounds likes it comming from the carb??
bike will kick start (bike is kickstart only) but then dies if i throttle it.
idk where to start.... and by the way im new to all this, never been a mechanic or done anything of the sorts.
so im learning on this thing.
love this thing it looks amazing. wish i could say i did the work myself but i actually found it this way.
anyways, i got a problem! things happened in this exact order.
1. got bike
2. clutch was super stiff so decided to re-rout the clutch cable so that it had more slack.
3. left the key on and battery died.
so i decided, great, change battery and fix clutch cable at the same time,
added a trickle battery charger for the antigravity battery that it has, re-routed clutch cable.
heres where the problems started.
now, when i turn the key a poping sound happens the first time, sounds likes it comming from the carb??
bike will kick start (bike is kickstart only) but then dies if i throttle it.
idk where to start.... and by the way im new to all this, never been a mechanic or done anything of the sorts.
so im learning on this thing.